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CVE-2014-6426

The dissect_hip_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-hip.c in the HIP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle a NULL tree, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Published

2014-09-20T10:55:06.370

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.12.0	Yes

References

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676 ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60280 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61929 ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-16.html ([email protected])
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d9e5021fe79973d00ddd8fcef0bbefbaae63dd0f ([email protected])
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60280 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61929 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-16.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d9e5021fe79973d00ddd8fcef0bbefbaae63dd0f (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)